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New comment by dankben in "How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs"

dankben — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:03:18 +0000

You must be a fellow German. No where else in the world does the objection that bad legislation has been discussed (very negatively I might add, look up the results from consultation period you quoted) for 10 years have any merit on discussion whether that legislation fulfills its purpose.

So what if businesses "had time to prepare"? Its not the governments / especially the EUs job to waste the time of small businesses.

New comment by dankben in "Valve raises Steam Deck prices"

dankben — Wed, 27 May 2026 19:02:01 +0000

You're acting like companies like Apple would simply let "the tech oligarchs" make 20% of their revenue disappear

New comment by dankben in "Germany trials the four-day workweek: "Free time is invaluable""

dankben — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:45:46 +0000

The right to a part time job has been around for about twenty years i think. The current discussion is to rethink the workweek as four days, there are multiple models in talks (4x 10 hours, 4x 8 hours with less pay, etc..)

In my opinion the real problem is that the german tax system incentivises working less instead of more, as the marginal tax increases even for hours worked beyond the 40h work week -> the more you work the less you keep per hour.

New comment by dankben in "Signs that it's time to leave a company"

dankben — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:56:15 +0000

Agreed, that small fact speaks to a variety of issues I think haha